Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

107 reviews

gingerbooknerd3's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Rape, Drug use, Stalking, Kidnapping, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, and Car accident

esztimeszti's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the end-😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Addiction, Blood, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

tinysierra's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

As Good As Dead felt a lot darker and more intense than the previous books. 

I don’t think it’s my favorite out of the trilogy, but I thought the ending was a decent conclusion.

The text message at the end…. Ahhhhhh. I think it was a clever way to end the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Blood, and Sexual assault

mythxcally's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This was such a good book- I couldn't put it down and read it in 2 days!! It usually takes me about a week to read a book so I was very surprised. 

I loved the mystery side of it and the links back to the first book were extremely clever, things you wouldn't notice on a first read. 

However I can't give it a full 5 stars because of the ending... I did love that

Ravi texted Pip and it was implied they got back together again. But it felt unfinished. I wish we'd been able to see their reunion and them being able to be happy together and have a normal life again.

Other than that this series has been so captivating and incredible to read. I'd definetely read the whole series again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

serendipity421's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape and Gun violence

ashleysager's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

lozzo_bozo's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Rape, Murder, Car accident, Death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Misogyny

kitty_reads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

anyone who read this knows that the first half and second half of this book are COMPLETELY different. this one was definitely heavier than the others and for good reason. I struggled to listen to pip deal with her ptsd, but I think it was a good decision for the story. When the DT killer got into the mix I really started getting invested! 

Initially I was unhappy that pip sympathized with Charlie BUT… I think her feelings towards him and all the previous cases she worked on highlights how *justice* isn’t what it is made out to be.. most cases rest in this grey area where people who commit crimes are pushed into doing them by external sources… whether thats their upbringing, traumatic events, poverty, etc. 

Then the direction of the book completely changed. I like the direction this series ultimately took because it really highlighted some of the flaws of the justice system. It’s often wrong, but if we take it a step further we can see how even when it’s “right” it doesn’t fix anything and can make things much worse. Pips obsession with justice led her down a spiral, endangered her, poisoned her life, made her do terrible things, and ultimately made us see the complexities of *justice* and how right and wrong are relative and exist in a grey area. 

Was this book unrealistic? probably. BUT it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It turned the story on it’s head— from pip being an investigator who sought justice in black and white terms, to pip being put in a situation where black and white no longer existed and she turned into a killer. And we as an audience rooted for her. Now i’m not saying Jason didn’t “deserve” that ending (especially in a fictional setting, I was 100% rooting for pip), but even pip admits she did a awful thing. But the point is crime is complicated and the way we currently deal with it (and view it) isn’t productive. Our current justice system ultimately ends up being wrong and pushing people to commit more crimes. 

That is my abolitionist spiel lol. Idk if this was the authors point, but in many ways I think she was ultimately showing how flawed the justice system is. But wow I do look forward to the show that is going to come out!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape and Violence

isitcertain's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Stalking, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Vomit

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Just omg omg omg , I could not put this book down ( I think  I need a fourth one )  but a definite must read and like the first two may be triggering for some but omg so good  🤭and also * slight  spoiler ( come back after you’ve read it ) “ Hey sarge remember me ?” *  
Your welcome 🤗  😉 
Enjoy xx 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Violence